No, large mines have not reached Kerman province
Governor of Kerman: Unfortunately, some of the mines in the province, of which we are proud and for which we have created all the upstream and downstream industries, experts have stated that these mines will last for another 18 years, so we should not have a short-term view.
According to the Iran International Stone Exhibition, Dr. Ali Zeinivand said in a meeting of the Kerman Provincial Council of Mines: "Provincial councils such as the Mines Council, Development and Planning Council, etc. are not experts, except in cases where regulatory bodies or other institutions are approved by the following working groups." The relevance of these councils should be challenged so that this issue can be addressed transparently in these councils.
He continued: "The following working groups of these councils should fully examine the work so that we have the least changes in their approvals."
The governor of Kerman, stating that Kerman province is a mining province, said: We are all obliged to have maximum legal use for the benefit of the province and the people of the province, as well as the areas where the mines are located, otherwise we have violated the province.
Criticizing the sale of raw materials, he said: "Many of the mines 'revenues go outside the province, so we must make the most of it for the development of the province. Unfortunately, the law allocating 15% of the mines' share to the development of many areas in Kerman province has not been fulfilled." It is not specific to our province, but we have done our follow-up, but for some reason this issue has not been fully realized in any of the provinces.
Zinivand assessed the allocation of at least 20% of the mines' income as a good capacity and added: "The most important capacity that Kerman province can use is the 20% exemption of government mining rights, whose working groups should be formed more actively than before and in a balanced manner throughout the province." And list projects that can use this capacity.
Pointing out that he should make good use of the law of one percent share of mines for the environment and reduce pollution in the province, he added: the research projects of the university should be used to use and exploit more mines and their tailings.
The governor of Kerman said: The worst pest we have in the province is that large mines such as iron ore, coal, copper, etc. mines, because they are not private, do not pay the quotas required by law for the mines and say, "Leave our income for now." Of course, we are very persistent, and these governmental and semi-governmental mines must present their own justifiable plans, as well as balanced development plans throughout the province.
He emphasized: the province should monitor the justifiable and development plans of the mines so that it does not happen that every manager sells raw materials and during his term it is announced that the company's income increased so much in this period, but the question is its profit for the province and What was the country like?
Zainvand added: "Unfortunately, some of the mines in the province that we are proud of and for which we have created all the upstream and downstream industries, experts have stated that these mines will last for another 18 years, so we should not have a short-term view."
Emphasizing that I can honestly say that no, the big mines have not reached the province, he said: Considering the weight of income and wealth that is produced from the province, let me tell you how much Kerman province has benefited? If the province had benefited, we would not have seen so much unbalanced development in the province now, and our cities would not have been so colorless and marginal, and unemployment would not have been so high.
* ISNA
